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A Walk through Time: Hike to Heijo Palace!

On Halloween day Josh and I volunteered to join in a walk to the ruins of Heijo Palace with the Japanese community. We met early in the morning and did some group stretching before breaking out into teams. We had to come up with a Halloween themed name, but we were rather stumped on what to go with. Josh jokingly said “The Little Snitches” (based on the name of a hacking tool) but we got a kick out of it because of the association with Harry Potter. I discovered that the locals in our team loved Harry Potter just as much as I did so we went with “Team Hogwarts, AKA The Little Snitches”. Haha!

We ate lunch at the palace grounds, and then enjoyed several international games with the participants. Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted by the end of it all and the big Osaka Halloween Party was in just a few hours!

(Photos by Shinichi Yoshioka Sensei)

I apologize for the weird face I make while laughing! I was laughing A LOT on that day for some reason.

Explaining the meaning of various English slang words to a team mate (she was making a list!)
Explaining the meaning of various English slang words to a team mate (she was making a list!)

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More adventures in English slang words. We started having a lot of fun once we got to modern phrases like "I can't even".
More adventures in English slang words. We started having a lot of fun once we got to modern phrases like “I can’t even”.
Josh and I at the site of Heijo Palace!
Josh and I at the site of Heijo Palace!
All of us at the end of a long day of fun!
All of us at the end of a long day of fun!

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1 thought on “A Walk through Time: Hike to Heijo Palace!

  1. I just get so overwhelmed looking at all the beauty and reading all of your adventures……so very amazing!

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